Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 42, subsection (13), line 9, after "it" to insert the following:

", provided that where such material is to be transmitted out of the State, arrangements shall be made for the return of such material following the conclusion of proceedings before the International Criminal Court, and, where human remains are transmitted out of the State under this subsection, subject to arrangements for the reburial of such remains in the State or in such other place as is directed by the next of kin following the conclusion of such proceedings".

Under the section as it stands, bodies can be dug up in the State and transported to the International Criminal Court in the Hague with no provision for return or reburial. There is no provision for other material that may be seized within the State. I am interested in the Minister's response.